Huge underwater eruption in progress

31 Jan 2017 – A New Zealand scientist has unexpectedly discovered a huge undersea volcanic eruption near the main island of Tonga.

While scanning satellite images today, University of Auckland coastal geomorphologist Dr Murray Ford observed a vast plume about 18 miles long and 12 miles wide (30km by 20km ) just off the coast of Tonga’s main island Tongatapu.

Volcanic plume near Tonga – 31Jan2017 – Photo/NASA

A photo of the plume, which looks like a greenish cloud, was captured by the USGS/NASA Landsat 8 satellite on January 27.

Checking the USGS earthquake maps.
There doesn’t seem to have been any recorded quakes in that particular area in the last week or so.
Although that not be an issue with some eruptions – such as at Kilauea.

Fire up google earth, update it with the known volcanoes KML and you can clearly see the area in question.

It would be great if they had a recent update showing all volcanoes at this point. They recently mapped a large amount of unknown volcanoes while looking for the Malaysia Airlines plane that went down.